Melanie Swan

Forces in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are beginning to feel “doubt and confusion” after almost five months of anti-regime demonstrations, senior offi

Known as the party capital of the Gulf, Dubai’s bottomless booze-fuelled Friday brunches have become a national institution, its beach clubs more reminiscent of Ibiza than anything familiar to Muslim neighbours.Its famous liberalism, relative to “dry” Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, comes at a cost, howeve

Israeli airlines are suspending flights to and from Dubai after a clash between the secret police service Shin Bet and its Emirati counterparts.The row is the first major dispute in the “normalisation” agreement that led to recognition of Israel by some Gulf states in 2020. Three Israeli airlines, A

When he woke up to the sound of explosions at 4.20am, Dean Williams immediately feared the worst.He had been living in Abu Dhabi with his wife for nearly 12 yea

A Qatari women’s rights activist is allegedly being held in a psychiatric hospital against her will, a family member claims, raising fears over her safety. Noof Al Maadeed, 23, fled to Britain in 2019 after years of domestic violence, documenting her escape from Qatar on social media. She returned O

Beautiful women in designer gear stepped out of Lamborghinis, Bugattis and Ferraris alongside stylishly dressed young men last night, eager to set foot in Float Dubai, the emirate’s latest nightspot, where a bottle of Dom Perignon starts at £975 on a champagne list that goes up to £78,000 for a Meth